History Unbound: Tompkins County

Datasets of fully transcribed United State Census records as completed by volunteers for the HistoryForge project.

Photographs of Tompkins County people and places in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. Images taken by various members of the local community.

Summaries of Covid-19-related information and resources for the Tompkins County community.

Photographs of passenger service railroads in the southern Finger Lakes region in the 1940s and 1950s.

Photographs, newspaper articles, postcards, and ephemera from and pertaining to the Agricultural Fair held in Dryden, New York.

Photographs, postcards, and ephemera relating to the farm women of Dryden, New York.

Images of gravestones around Central New York.

Maps, including Clock System maps, depicting the city of Ithaca and greater Tompkins County.

A choice painting collection that dates to the early 19th century. It includes works by such notables as Henry Walton, whose lithographs depict mid-19th century life, and Alison Mason Kingsbury Bishop, an exemplar of a mid-twentieth century modernist style. From 2009 to early 2010 it was on display in a successful rotating exhibit “Historic Paintings Unwrapped” featuring different works each month.

Images and documents from the downtown era of the College and its predecessors, Ithaca Conservatory of Music and the Ithaca Conservatory and Affiliated Schools. It provides a unique view of downtown Ithaca in the first half of the 20th century.

C. Hadley Smith's photographs of Ithaca College from 1950 into the 1980's. All of the images in this collection were taken by Mr. Smith and he generously donated them to Ithaca College. This collection of images is of Ithaca College: our people, our places and our events. Of particular importance to the College is the transition from the downtown campus to the new campus and recognition that this campus has grown and changed and been transformed since 1960. Beyond the specific history of the College, this collection holds a visual slice of American history through the people it portrays.

Curated by the College Archivist, this community contains historical materials about Ithaca College and its predecessor institutions Ithaca Conservatory of Music and Ithaca Conservatory and Affiliated Schools.

This collection includes photographs of buildings in the city of Ithaca in Tompkins County, New York, taken in 1954 by Roy Wenzlick and Company.

This collection contains Oral Histories from people living and working in Tompkins County, New York.

Scrapbooks containing meeting minutes, programs, brochures, newspaper clippings and photographs concerning a late 19th and early 20th century women’s suffrage organization in Ithaca, New York. Some materials reference New York State and national suffrage matters.

A collection of photographs of residences, divided by architectural style, in Ithaca and Tompkins County, NY from the General Photo File of the History Center in Tompkins County.

A collection of photographs from the groundbreaking and early years of the Southside Community Center, some taken by photographers from the Works Progress Administration, a New Deal program that supported the creation of the Center.

Photos of flooding from Tompkins County.

Photographs of Tompkins County schools, school groups, and classes during the late 19th and 20th centuries. All taken from The History Center in Tompkins County’s General Photo Collection.

Lists of registered voters in Tompkins County from the 1910s and 1920s, complete with addresses and party affiliation.

Verne Morton’s photography concentrated on the day-to-day activities of the residents of Groton and the surrounding area. With his cumbersome glass plate view camera and tripod, Morton took remarkable photographs of farm life, family activities, and children in school and at play.

Titles range from 1817 to present

Titles range from 1797 to 1980

Titles range from 1832 to 1975

Coverage of Groton and Ithaca. Searching is available at https://fultonhistory.com/, although it's often difficult and clunky.

Accounts of campus events and activities, sports reporting, and editorial commentary all contribute to make the Sun one of the most important sources of information on the history of the Cornell University.

News, research and features about university programs, students, faculty and the administration beginning in 1969. Beginning in 1996, the Chronicle developed an online version of the print publication. In August 2009, the newspaper ceased print production and distribution.

Curated by the College Archivist, this community contains historical materials about Ithaca College and its predecessor institutions Ithaca Conservatory of Music and Ithaca Conservatory and Affiliated Schools.

The Cornellian from 1869 to 1976, with limited searching on later years to 1992.

Photographs and information from the records of the College of Home Economics at Cornell University. Find pictures of "sanitary kitchen" examples and young female students making sandwiches, for example.

The International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union was founded in New York City in 1900 by mostly Socialist immigrant workers who sought to unite the various crafts in the growing women’s garment industry. Click "Photos" to get a link to their enormous collection on Flickr.

A variety of digitized collections relating to labor history, such as the Herrin Massacre investigation (mining strikers were shot down) and Florence Kelley's papers (who was an activist again child labor).

Institutional history, personal papers & manuscripts from faculty, images of faculty, students & classes, and publications.

The Census of Agriculture, taken every five years, is a complete count of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. The Census looks at land use and ownership, operator characteristics, production practices, income and expenditures, and many other areas. This collection dates back to 1840.